Rise of Shadows

Rise of Shadows

The first expansion of Year of the Dragon is Rise of Shadows! The expansion releases on April 9th.

Expansion Info

New Mechanic: Twinspell - Casting this adds another copy of the card (without Twinspell) to your hand.

Lackeys - Special token minions which are generated through other cards. They are 1/1 minions with "devious" battlecries

Schemes - Cards which grow in power as they sit in your hand each turn.

We will see some old mechanics return!

Freebies

The first chapter of the solo adventure. (Remaining 4 wings available for gold or $20)

A legendary card before pre-release begins, playable before the expansion hits.

A quest chain rewarding multiple free packs for Rise of Shadows and Year of the Raven expansions.

Pre-Order Bonuses

There are two bundles available for pre-orders. The Mega Bundle contains a Priest Hero!

Rise of Shadows Bundle

Costs $49.99

50 Rise of Shadows card packs

The Jewel of Lazul card back

A random Legendary from Rise of Shadows

Rise of Shadows Mega Bundle

Costs $79.99

80 Rise of Shadows card packs

The Jewel of Lazul card back

A random Legendary from Rise of Shadows

Madame Lazul, Priest Hero (available now!)

Shadow Bundle

During the first week of the expansion’s release, the Shadow Bundle will be available, containing nine Rise of Shadows card packs and an Arena ticket for $9.99 (players can purchase the bundle only once per account).

The adventures used to be 700 golds per chapter and have the first being free. Each chapter would gives you 1 card per ennemy, and a legendary if you beat the boss at the end of it. I dunno if there will be the same rewards this time, since they stopped adventures after Karazhan, but I do hope there will be !

Based on this site's picture (https://progameguides.com/hearthstone/rise-of-shadows-launch-guide/) it looks like you'll get 3 Rise of Shadow packs per chapter that costs 700 gold (15 packs total with 5 chapters, the first being free). The last one you probably get 1 classic golden pack where all the cards are golden as well as a Legendary card called "Zayle, Shadow Cloak" that costs 2 mana (but no stats known from the picture). It looks like you get two card backs somehow as well.

Fair point. Maybe I was a bit harsh. But, it's annoying that they release these card sets so much more frequently it doesn't give me enough chance to get used to decks I've created. Like, for example, my Priest Keleseth deck - because it obviously relies on that card and now it's gone, it's pretty much useless. And the option to 'convert' the decks is really not that great since it just sticks random cards in to replace others. I've always thought the 'Replace Cards' mechanic was a bit off.

Yeah, I think you're right. But I always afraid of those cards that I was glad to get rid of (like Reno and Entomb etc) that really lifted a weight off my shoulders. Guess it's time to man up and do this thing.

Funny thing though. You say you don't have enough time to get used to certain decks, while the majority was pretty much done with the current meta and needed refreshment. Of which I'm one of those people.

So far I have the feeling that Priest is in a bad spot since the latest expansion but the meta has to settle yet.Kudo's for expirementing with your own created decks though, instead of going with the top meta decks.